Pokey vs Jokey - What's the difference?
pokey | jokey |
of small volume, cramped
* 1913 ,
(slang) slow
(slang, of a car) fast
As adjectives the difference between pokey and jokey
is that pokey is of a room, house of small volume, cramped while jokey is an alternative spelling of lang=en.As a noun pokey
is prison.pokey
English
Alternative forms
* pokyAdjective
(head)- He loved the little pokey kitchen, where men’s boots tramped, and the dog slept with one eye open for fear of being trodden on; where the lamp hung over the table at night, and everything was so silent.
